Environment Matters Born streets apart in the Baltimore neighborhood, two kids by the name of Wes Moore begin similar fates in a drug and crime-plagued ghetto. Fatherless and struggling in poverty, their decisions however quickly set them apart, as one finds his way onto the New York Times Bestseller List and the other behind prison bars. In the novel The Other Wes Moore, the author Wes Moore identifies the choices which set their paths diverged and explores the factors that made the difference
In the following passage from The Other Wes Moore, author Wes Moore uses imagery and word choice to highlight the influence of Tony, the other Wes Moore’s brother, on the other Wes Moore’s actions and behavior during conflict. The imagery that author Moore uses helps to signify the strength and aggressiveness of the other Wes’s reaction to being beaten up. After a burly teenager named Ray mercilessly beats up Wes for sleeping with a girl, Wes immediately acts by going back inside and grabbing his
The Real Life Philosophy could be defined as the study of the origins of human knowledge, the reason for human existence, and the reasons as to why we make certain choices. Philosophy takes time and a well-trained mind to grasp in order to be able to understand the different ways of thinking of many great philosophers throughout time. Two great examples of famous philosophers would be G.E Moore and Rene Descartes. Both philosophers have contributed many great ideas into the field of philosophy
Have you ever had a dream that felt so lucid, so vivid, that you were convinced it was real life? Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “The Unbeliever” could be one of those dreams. In this poem Bishop brings the reader into the fantastical world of a sleeping man. On top of the mast, the dreamer attempts to resist the supernatural elements around him. The cloud and the bird simultaneously insist that he needn’t fear falling from the air because there are invisible pillars of “marble” (Bishop, 24) propping them
understanding of themselves. For example, in John Howard Griffin's memoir, Black Like Me and Wes Moore's memoir, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates were both authors encounter lifestyles of similar individuals. Through both comparable lifestyles, Griffin and Moore display the way work can affect the personal and social identities of
The lesson of “The Other Wes Moore” is that no matter where you come from, you can choose your fate. The entire story is about two people with similar backgrounds going in completely opposite directions in their lives. The author states, “The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave” (Moore 185). The unsuccessful Wes Moore, left his inheritance that he tried to murder a police officer. Whether that is true or not, a reader knows that he made poor decisions
Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore were close companions as they worked together for many years after they met at Leeds School of Art. Their influence on post-modern art as well as each other was vast, and the subject of maternity captivated both. They both grasped the concept of using the material to the best of its ability to express its subject, however their representations still varied greatly. Prior to the vast possibilities of post-modernism, that Moore and Hepworth began to engage with, The
there is a meaning to life, and that is to serve your lord, whoever that deity may be, whereas science offers a deeper mystery, as we don’t know the meaning to our existence, and our lives can be much more satisfying in the aspect that our lives are open books that have yet to be written; “life… does not depends on rules laid down by some omnipotent being.” (60) And from that comes the idea that the world would be better off if they were trying to find their own purpose in life, instead
used to express passion, lust, hate, sorrow, and all the other emotions we as humans may experience in our limited state. Poetry can be beautiful and graceful or dark and spooky. Poetry allows us to open up our minds and contemplate the most simplest of words and create the most grandiose ideas. Poetry has been used for centuries to deliver grace and dignity from one era to the next. However, simply stating this word causes some to cringe. We live in a society where many fear the unknown, and this
Without trying, plastic is literally at our fingertips everyday. In our modern world, there is no way to escape it. We use it to hold our drinks, to hold our groceries, and even to type onto computers. This useful and indestructible creation birthed an outbreak and it’s production skyrocketed. The first form of plastic was created in 1907 and to this day we continue to manufacture 300 million tons each year. But if it indestructible, where does it go when we’re done using it? You may find it along